Come back
Come back verb - To become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness.
Persist
Persist verb - To continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement.
Both terms in one sentence
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Sauron. It may take 2-3 millennia for him to come back, but only destroying the One Ring will permanently kill him (and even then he'll persist as a powerless spirit).
Source: Fighting a Shadow
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